The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Destructive forest fires raging in the vicn-
ity of Gaspe, Canada Vast tracts of the finest
pine timber have been burned.
Mr.. Bell, the owner of the Thistle has con-
scented to enter the cutter in a regatta in which
the Puritan, Priscilla and Atlantic will take
part.
The lawyers of the condemned Anarchists on
Saturday began the preparation of their petition
to the United States Supreme Court for writ
of error
Rev. Henry Clemens, Free Methodist preach
err of Millersburg. O., placed the muzze of
shotgun in his mouth. sprung the trigger with
his foot. and blew off the top of his head
Hon. Thomas W. Armstrong editor and pro-
prietor of the National Labor Tribune. the lead
ing labor journal of the country. died in Pitts
burg Saturday evening from the effects of
wound received in the late war.
At Pittsburg on Saturday, the PAGER Johnston
was matched against Charley Hogan. the trot-
ter. the latter to with running mate. Hogan
won in three straight heats, the time of the first
being 2:114. The track was very heavy.
The Bellevue bank. at Bellevue O.. has failed
through bad management. Depositors
Other lie bilitles amount to 800. 600. No
statement of assets is given. The failure will
cause the suspension of the Bellevue Milling
Company.
A special from Escanaba. Mich. saws: News
has just beer received of serious accident on
the 500 road. near Gladstone. A work-train. in
backing down. struck and derailed the
train The conductor and brakeman were
killed and several others injured
A number of knights of Labor delegates, en-
route to Minneapolis, called at the Jail in Chi
cago. on Saturday, and assured the condemned
Anarchists that they would support d resolution.
in the General Assembly. condemning the action
of the Supreme Court in their
Judge Terry, late counsel and present hus-
band of the notorious Sarah Althea Hill Sharon,
has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of
California. setting forth that one of the counsel
executors offered to Judge Sullivan a check
signed in blank to influence his decision il the
The giving away Of pillar in the Bost collery,
at Ashland, Pa, permitted the entrance of
great amount of gas into gangway where q
large number of men were at work. Frederick
Ourrich. John Cochran. John Mcdonald, John
Gullam and Park Fully were suffoeated, and
thirteen others so overcome by the effects of the
gas that it is feared several of them will die.
Recently two parties of Crow Indians from
the reservation Fort Shaw made raid
north. capturing lot of ponies from the Piegans
and Curtains. On returning. they had on their
war-paint. and defed arrest by the authorities
Troops have been sent to the agency, but are
poweress to act under the recent laws providing
that process against Indians shall be executed
in the same way az against whites.
Near New Portage. Summit county, Ohio,
Washington Richard and companion named
SNYDER while telling timber on the farm of John
Warren, found in the hollow of tree
eral thousand dollars in bank notes, gold and
silver coin. 1t IS thought to have been placed
there by mserly farmer named Trachshack.
who occupied the farm fifteen years ago. It is
iutimated that Warren, the present owner of the
farm. will sue for a divide.
The officers of the Detroit City Railway Com
pany believing that they were being swindled
by combination between conductors and
drivers on their Congress and Baker-street line
discharged number Of conductors and drivers
on Saturday afternoon, and as a result the dis
charged men. after dark, began a systematic
assault upon the men who had supplanted
them. derailng cars, etc. The police we're called
on and put stop to further outrages. The
company also discharged the superintendent of
the line for not having discovered and stopped
the leakage